Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the two question marks that I put over the Bill , I believe that the Government are right to proceed with the reforms that it contains . |
| 2 | If I squint at one window , I look over the plaza . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you mind if I look over the place ? |
| 4 | Superintendent Mercer arrived shortly afterwards and I handed over the key of the Biology Lab to him . " |
| 5 | Reluctantly I handed over the axe and made way for him , then stood , stretching my back . |
| 6 | With a trembling hand I turned over the paper which was face down . |
| 7 | I pass over the Stone Bridge virtually every day and the view is one of the utmost squalor . |
| 8 | Time to leave the village now ; I drive over the hill into the next valley , past brown winter hills scarred with peat diggings and with the occasional relief of green patches of sphagnum moss . |
| 9 | When filling small cracks , I 've found that I get a smooth finish , which requires little or no sanding , of I roll over the crack with a paint roller a few times , while the filler is still damp . , . |
| 10 | ‘ And I suppose that was the first you knew of my taking over the part ? ’ |
| 11 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 12 | I turn over the page . |
| 13 | I 'm scared that sometimes I go over the top with too many solos in the one song , but I try and keep them as simple as I can . |
| 14 | Opinions about timetabling motions have altered massively since I took over the chairmanship of the Select Committee on Procedure nearly nine years ago . |
| 15 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
| 16 | Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ? |
| 17 | I took over the chair previously occupied by Angus Maude , who since 1979 had carried out the impossible job of overseeing Government information . |
| 18 | I took over the family . |
| 19 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 20 | I took over the poling . |
| 21 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 22 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 23 | One hour later I cross over the burn and see the croft on the side of the hill about two hundred yards away . |
| 24 | I warn over the radio they 'll be carrying shooters under their suedes . |
| 25 | I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night 's urine smells like cat shit this morning . |
| 26 | There is quite a lot of activity as I come over the hill . |
| 27 | At the end of this month I hand over the care of the diocese to Bishop John Crowley . |
| 28 | If you had any idea how much I 've got to do before I take over the shop — ’ |
| 29 | Because he did n't think his player was coming over , Orville Moody 's caddie had taken Tom Weiskopf 's bag , but when he suddenly heard Orville was flying over , he ditched Tom and suggested I take over the bag . |
| 30 | ‘ I take over the wheel and we lose them , the whole shooting match . ’ |